Are pakistanis really that fair though? I feel like they purposefully went with someone white-passing as kamala than someone with darker skin who look might look TOO “south asian” if you get me. I think that’s why some people might be annoyed light skin poc already have so much rep
okay so I see where you’re coming from, but I think you’re a little misinformed.
when you say “south asian”, you’re referring to an incredibly varied region with numerous ethnic groups.
pakistan is so, so diverse, it’s actually astounding. you’ll never find anyone that could possibly capture all the regions because they’re all so amazingly different.
quick crash course because it’s about time pakistan had some positive rep in media and a spotlight on its colourful diversity. this is by no means an exhaustive list but some of the major groups that make up pakistan:
the largest ethnic group in pakistan are the punjabis, the eastern most province, seen here:
they fall on the lighter side of brown. iman, our new kamala khan, is pakistani. she is also on the lighter side of brown. they are all south asian.
in the north, you have the pashtuns and the kalash people:
it’s not uncommon to have very fair, european features. they are still pakistani and are no less south asian than punjabis.
in the south, you have the sindh and siddi people:
very different to their northern counterparts but no less pakistani.
in the west, you have the baloch and the hazaras:
again, still pakistani. different, but still part of the whole. still part of south asia. this is what south asians look like too.
so you see, pakistanis come in all shades, and it’s wrong to dismiss a teenager for not being the right shade of brown that fits your picture of what a south asian should look like. iman is pakistani and pakistanis seem super stoked about it, so what’s the issue?
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